Vehicle running-gear



No. 6I`3,|4|. Patented Dot. 25, |898. C. l'.V &. A. C. HABHEGGER.

VEHICLE RUNNING GEAR.

(Application filed Jan. 18, 1898.) ,ma Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFICE.

i CHARLES G. HABHEGGER AND ALBERT CQHABHEGGER, OF MILVAUKEE,

' WISCONSIN.

VEHICLEv RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,141, dated October25, 1898. Application filed JanuarylS, 1898. Serial No. 667,047. (Nomodel.)

T a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, CHARLES G. HABHEG- GER and ALBERT C. HABHEGGEE,citizens of the United States, and residents of Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vehicle Running- Gear; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention has for its object to provide for more than ordinary shortturns on the part of spring-vehicles that singularly comprise fourtraction-wheels in connection with two pivotal axles, and, furthermore,to steady and ease draft, obviate strain on springs, and to prevent bindof said axles on a connectingreach.

Therefore said invention consists in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts constituting a running-gear,hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is for the most part a representation of alongitudinal sectional View of our improved running-gear in connectionwith a vehicle-body, the tractionwheels being removed; Fig. 2, a planview of the running-gear; `and Fig. 3, a detail plan view, partly inhorizontal section, as indicated by line 3 3 in the first figure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the rear axle, B thefront axle, and C a reach having its ends in pivotal connection withsaid axles midway the length of the latter. The pivotal connection ofthe reach and each axle is offset from the latter in a direction towardthe center of the running-gear longitudinally of the same, and as amatter of detail we employ upper and lower plates b c, that, beingrecessed to t each axle, are bolted together on the same, that portionof each plate extending inward from the adjacent axle being providedwith an annular stud d, the studs pertaining to the plates in each pairbeing alined. Fitting the aforesaid platestuds are recesses in upper andlower plates e f, bolted to each end of reach C, provision being had forclearance-space intermediate of these reach ends and the ends of platesb c, to which they are opposed to avoid binding of the joints. Thepivotal engagement of reach-plates e f with axle-plates b c is insuredand maintained by means of bolts g, extending through each set of saidplates, and it is to be observed that these plates take the wear andstrain that would otherwise come upon said bolts. By having theaforesaid reach in pivotal connection with both axles we overcome strainthat would otherwise come upon the rear springs D and front springs E,made fast in pairs to said axles by any suitable means, while at thesame time we steady and ease draft of the vehicle.

Made fast to the springs D E are the rear and front bolsters F G of therunning-gear, and in bolt connection with each bolster midway of itslength are inwardly-extending upper and lower plates 71, t', that arealso in bolt connection with upper oscillative reach-sections H I, theinner ends of these reach-sections being joined to hounds J K, thatextend from said holsters.

The rear reach-section H has platesj, made fast to the upper and lowersides of its forward end, and plates 7c, made fast to correspondingsides of the rear end of front reach-section I, haveAlongitudinally-slotted portions thereof extended beyond the latterreach-section to lap platesj aforesaid. .A bolt L has an elongated headm overlapping the upper one of the plates 7a, and the slot of this plateis engaged by an elongated flange or washer n on the bolt under itshead.The bolt extends through corresponding apertures in the plates j, rearreach-section H, and an elongated washerp, the latter engaging the slotof lower plate 7c, pertaining to front reach-section, a nut q being runon said bolt against the washer to maintain the union of saidreach-sections.

The elongated parts n q in connection with bolt L not only serve as longequal bearings, but they also take the wear and strain that wouldotherwise come upon this bolt incidental to play of the plates 7c,attached to front reach-section. These plates 7c operate to cause therear gear to follow the front gear at all times when the whole is inmotion, and thus the rear wheels of the vehicle are caused to follow thetracks of the front wheels at all times. It also follows thatsaid platesin their peculiar arrangement insure a good substan- IOO tial binding ofthe coupling and prevent vertical play of same at any time, the wearthat would otherwise come on-reach-section 'H being taken by the platesj, fast thereon.

The plates h, connecting the bolsters and oscillative reach-sections,are provided With studs fr, engaging corresponding recesses in plates son the under side of bars M, depending from the vehicle-body, theselatter plates and countersunk plates t on the upper sides of said barsbeing bolted to the latter.

King-bolts N extend through the plates t, bars M, plates s h,reach-sections H I, and platesz' to engage nuts u, the heads of theking-bolts being in the countersinks of said plates t upon the uppersides of said bars. Owing to the stud and recess engagement of plates72, and s there is practically no strain or wear upon the king-bolts.

The pivotal connections of the body-bars and bolsters are each in linewith a similar connection of the lower reach C and an axle, thisalinement being for the purpose of permitting the shortest possible turnof the vehicle without interference of its body and wheels, as well asto avoid a clench or bind of the axles with the reach.

The bolsters F G are provided with segmental wear-plates o in frictionalcontact with similar plates w on the bars M of the vehicle-body, eachset of said plates having a king-bolt N as their axis.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vehicle running-gear, the combination of rear and front axles, areach having its ends in inWardly-oset pivotal connection with theaxles, springs on said axles, bolsters on the springs, reach-sectionsthat extend inward from the bolsters and have oscillative jointconnection with each other, and bodybars each of which -has pivotconnection with a bolster in line with a reach and axle pivotjoint.

2. In a vehicle running-gear, the combination of rear and front axles, areach in pivotal connection at its ends with the axles, springs on saidaxles, bolsters on the springs, a reachsection extending inward fromeach bolster, plates fast on the upper 'and lower sides of onereach-section, longitudinally-slotted plates fast to the otherreach-section and lapping the former plates, a bolt having its bearingin the former reach-section and plates thereon, an elongated flange orwasher on the bolt engaged with one of the slotted plates, an elongatedwasher on said bolt engaged with the other slotted plate, and body-barseach having pivot connection with a bolster in line with a reach andaxle pivot-joint.

3. In a Vehicle running-gear the combination of rear and front axles,upper and lower plates recessed to it upon each axle and boltedtogether, annular studs on the plates, reach-connected plates havingrecesses engaging the studs and a boltextending through each set ofplates to maintain pivotal conn ection of the same; springs on the axle,bolsters on the springs, reach-sections that extend inward from thebolsters and have oscillative joint connection with each other, andbody-bars each havingpivot connection with a bolster in line with areach and axle pivotjoint.

4. In a vehicle running-gear, the combination of rear and front axles, areach in pivotal connection at its ends with the axles, bolsters on thesprings, reach-sections extending inward from the bolsters and havingoscillative joint connection with each other, upper and lower platesfast to each bolster and corresponding reach-section, annular studs onthe upper plates, body-bars having recessed lower plates in lit upon thestuds, and king-bolts arranged to maintain the pivotal union of thebody-bars and bolsters, these pivotal unions being alined with the reachand axle pivotjoints.

' In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set ourhands, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES G. HABHEGGER.

ALBERT C. HABHEGGER. Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, B. C. RoLoFF.

